MARUTANI v. PAWELEC


500 Pa. 510 (1983)

458 A.2d 928

William M. MARUTANI, Joseph R. Glancey, Vincent A. Cirillo, Paul Ribner, Phyllis W. Beck, Lawrence Prattis, Frank J. Montemuro, Jr., James G. Colins and John J. Chiovero, Petitioners, v. Edmund S. PAWELEC, Charles L. Durham and James D. McCrudden, Acting Members of County Board of Elections of Philadelphia, Joseph E. Coleman et al., Intervenors, Philip Raible, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Prim, Jr., Henry W. Sawyer, III, Robert J. Hoelscher, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

Ralph J. Teti, Asst. City Sol., David Cohen, Howard Gittis, Philadelphia, for respondents.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Petition denied.

ROBERTS, C.J., files a dissenting statement in which McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ., join.

ROBERTS, Chief Justice, dissenting.

This record is clear that the City Commissioners, who are candidates for office in the May 1983 Primary Election, acted without authority in establishing the listing of offices, including their own, on ballots in Philadelphia for that...

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